Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Selknam vs Cobras

The in-form Selknam play host to the bottom of the table, Cobras on Saturday. It is a prime opportunity for the Chileans to cemented themselves firmly in the play-off’s zone. Not to be underestimated, Os Cobras competed the double over Peñarol this season.

CURRENT STANDINGS

3-3-1 (W2) 4th
2-0-6 (L1) Last

LINEUP CHANGES

(0)

2 Endy Willian Pinheiro replaces Henrique Ferreira
4 Franco Carrera replaces Ben Donald
5 Gabriel Paganini replaces Gabriel Oliveira
9 Douglas Rauth replaces Felipe Gonçalves
10 João Amaral replaces Lucas Tranquez
11 Alain Altahona replaces Widson Nascimento
13 Lorenzo Massari Temer replaces Carlo Mignot
14 Ariel Rodrigues replaces Victor Souza

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

(16) – J Carrasco, D Escobar, I Gurruchaga, S Pedrero, J Eissmann, A Escobar, C Saavedra, R Martínez, N Garafulic, D Saavedra, L Strabucchi, I Ubeda, M Torrealba, J Larenas, S Lues, A Sarmiento
(18) – EW Pinheiro, G Paganini, C Dias, A de Melo, D Rauth, J Amaral, A Altahona (CO), R Tenório, L Massari Temer, A Rodrigues, H Ferreira, B Alves, L Marinho, G Oliveira, A Arruda, R Texeira, L Tranquez R Morais

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– B Videla, M Garafulic, F Velarde
– M Cláudio, L Spago

NOTES

Selknam can move up to third place with a win provided that Los Dogos defeat Yacare in Asunción.
A Cobras win could see the Brazilian side jump two places. This would require Peñarol and Raptors losses.
Selknam won the first match this year between the teams. The 30-20 win was a game of two halves.
Salvador Lues is back for Selknam from injury. He will feature as a replacement.
With eight changes, Os Cobras continue to rotate heavily from one match to the next.
17 Brazilian test players will feature as will 16 Chileans and 1 Colombian.

PREDICTION

Since competing to a draw against Los Dogos, Selknam have improved from one match to the next. The Chileans now look like genuine Super Rugby Americas Semi Final candidates. Os Cobras’ game, meanwhile, continues to lack dimensions. On the one hand, scrum dominance saw the team past Peñarol. On the other hand, Los Dogos did not concede a try last weekend. ARN projects Selknam to win by 16+ points.

LINEUPS

SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Diego Escobar, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Javier Eissmann, 6 Alfonso Escobar, 7 Clemente Saavedra (capt.), 8 Raimundo Martínez, 9 Rafael Iriarte, 10 Tomás Salas, 11 Nicolás Garafulic, 12 Nicolás Saab, 13 Domingo Saavedra, 14 Iñaki Delguy 15 Luca Strabucchi

Replacements: 16 Tomás Dussaillant, 17 Normán Aguayo, 18 Salvador Lues, 19 Augusto Sarmiento, 20 Federico Albrisi, 21 Marcelo Torrealba, 22 José Larenas, 23 Santiago Edwards

COBRAS
1 Luciano Gabellieri, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Franco Carrera, 5 Gabriel Paganini, 6 Cleber Dias (capt.), 7 Maiki Lemes, 8 Adrio de Melo, 9 Douglas Rauth, 10 João Amaral, 11 Alain Altahona, 12 Robert Tenório, 13 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 14 Ariel Rodrigues, 15 Agustín Llano

Replacements: 16 Henrique Ferreira, 17 Brendon Alves, 18 Levy Marinho, 19 Gabriel Oliveira, 20 André Arruda, 21 Rafael Texeira, 22 Lucas Tranquez 23 Robson Morais

MATCH INFO

Date: Saturday, April 27
Kick-Off: 12:35pm (CL); 13:35pm (Brasília)
Venue: Old Grangonian Club (Santiago, CL)

OFFICIALS

Referee: Mauro Rossi (AR)
Assistant Referees: Sergio Alvarenga; Sebastián Toledo
TMO: Ignacio Calle

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Played 7; Selknam W5 Cobras W2. Streak: Selknam 2

Mar 02, 2024 – Cobras 20-30 Selknam (Jacareí, BR)
May 06, 2023 – Selknam 33-17 Cobras (Curicó, CL)
Mar 18, 2023 – Cobras 30-24 Selknam (São Paulo, BR)
Apr 29, 2022 – Selknam 33-08 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 19, 2022 –Selknam 46-10 Cobras (Valparaíso, CL)
May 01, 2021 – Cobras 21-20 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 04, 2021 – Selknam 66-10 Cobras (Santiago, CL)